Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 15:03:04 -0700
From: "Eric R. Sylwester"
Subject: Re: [7thSea] music
Scott and Theresa Holden wrote:
> Chris Camfield wrote:
>
> > As a guitarist of some small repute in my native Castille,
>
> On that note, can anyone recommend some good Casillian (Spanish) guitar
> music that I could use for my games. I am unfamiliar w/ any artists or
> particular instramentals.
This is going to sound stupid, but CBS put out a series of CD's titled something
like 'best dinner music from around the world.' Their spanish guitar CD had one
of the best sets of spanish guitar music on it I've seen. If you can find it,
it's a good one (and probably cheaper than any of the real spanish guitar CD's
).
On a less esoteric level , Andres Segovia is THE name to look for. He was
quite simply the undisputed master of classical guitar. He recorded at least two
albums which are prabably worth getting, even 'for the layman'; one entitled
something about the Spanish Guitar and one something like 'My favorite pieces,'
which is also predominantly spanish.
Another performer/composer I would look into is Villa-Lobos (can't remember his
first name at the moment). He tries to get a more south american flavor into his
music, but it is still pretty spanish sounding. And who is to say that
Castellian music doesn't sound a little like our south american music?
Eric S.
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